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Nymeria on 18 December 2017
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Mandalore76 said:
StarOcean said:

I agree they should not add CGI to the OG. It's out of place. Especially 1997 special edition Jabba. Btw they made him look better in future special editions, 2004 and forward -not that the scene has any place in the movies to begin with other than to be like "Look! More Han Solo! That's cool, right?" No, adding shit to existing stuff is stupid and is sloppy. That's like finding a picture you drew as a 7yr old and adding to it later. It's weird, out of place, and ugly. Hopefully the Fox aquisition gives us the original cuts.

No no no, what I'm talking about is that when people complain about CGI in newer SW films. Prequels, yeah the CGI sucked (however the CGI in ep. 1 aged better than 2 & 3 imo). 

The CGI in SW 7 & 8 is fine. The only legitimately bad CGI to me, was the... weird round octopus creatures in TFA. Those were friggin' ugly. More than ugly. I think it's the second worst part of the sequel trilogy only behind... Leia doing her... superman shit in TLJ. 

Now, like I said, most of those are nitpicks. Except TLJ did confirm Rey is a mary sue, assuming Kylo was telling the truth. Which sucks because I've been defending her saying she was probably a Kenobi of some sort... not so, apparently. Which makes her boring now, to me. Because her being a Kenobi -as unlikely as it would have been, would've been awesome and explained most about her. But no. She's, a nobody.

One thing he didn't mention, and he should've, is how wasted Snoke was. Man, Snoke had soooo much potential -and he was wasted. Yes they could bring him back but in doing so they'd make Kylo look even more pathetic... so he kinda has to stay dead. And... with what happened in the movie, we got, what? Maybe a dozen or so "rebels" (I guess they're rebels now) and maybe... a few thousand First Order troops? What the hell are they gonna do for the next film? This'll be the smallest conflict in the galaxy. Not to mention, a New Republic STILL exists, planets like Corasant are still around. They have their own army if the Resistance fails. Those are glaring issues that should be focused on. Not the CGI, not cranky Luke or whatever. Nah nah, those! Did he mention Phasma? Because that also would be a good point. She's been useless the entire duology thus far and we aren't even 100% sure she'll come back!

The opening screen crawl of "The Last Jedi" states pretty clearly otherwise:

"The FIRST ORDER reigns. Having decimated the peaceful Republic, Supreme Leader Snoke now deploys his merciless legions to seize military control of the galaxy.  Only General Leia Organa’s band of RESISTANCE fighters stand against the rising tyranny"

Coruscant is at the Galactic Core.  I'm pretty sure there is dialogue in the film that reaffirms the First Order has already established/is establishing control over the majority of the galaxy.  At the abandoned base at the end, they also make it very clear that the Rebellion's only hope for aid could only come from the Outer Rim territories.  I think we're supposed to infer that The First Order was able to wipe out The Republic relatively quickly after StarKiller Base obliterated the Republic's capital and Senate in "The Force Awakens".  From Wookiepedia:

"The Hosnian Cataclysm, also known as the destruction of Hosnian Prime, was the destruction of the Hosnian system at the hands of the First Order thirty years after the Battle of Endor. The event took place during the Cold war and marked the annihilation of Hosnian Prime, the capital of the New Republic. Its destruction was carried out by Starkiller Base, a superweapon capable of destroying entire star systems. With the destruction of Hosnian Prime came the destruction of the Galactic Senate and part of the New Republic Starfleet. The destruction of the system was visible from around the galaxy, including the planets of Takodana and Vardos.

Though stunned by the events, the armed forces fighting the First Order, commanded by General Leia Organa, immediately began their response. The Resistance successfully destroyed the Starkiller weapon, ensuring it would never eliminate another star system again. However, the extermination of the Galactic Senate and a large part of the Republic Starfleet, as well as the massive loss of life, left both the New Republic and the Resistance in a vulnerable position. "

  

Help me with the timeline then.

My understanding was Force Awakens ends with Starkiller base exploding, and Rey goes to see Luke.  Last Jedi opens with Rey at the exact moment handing the light sabre to Luke.  If I were to guess all of Last Jedi takes place within a week right after the conclusion of Force Awakens.

So, within a week the First Order blitzed the Republic and crushed the resistance to a small handful?  I can accept it, but pacing wise it is jarring to think went from peace, to war, to conquest within a month on an interstellar level. I'll say it is not in my top five issues with the Last Jedi.